RENO, Nev. -- The Bulldogs were dunking a lot during Wednesday afternoon's practice at Lawlor Events Center... So much so that assistant coach Senque Carey frowned.

"Make sure you do that in the game!" he yelled to several players.

They will have to finish strong against Nevada's 7-footers, including sophomore forward JaVale McGee (12.6 ppg, 7.6 rpg), who is averaging 3.1 blocks per game. McGee has 58 blocks this season, and ranks second on Nevada's single-season blocks list.

McGee compiled a career-high seven blocks Dec. 22 at Northern Iowa.

Senior center David Ellis is Nevada's other big guy at 7 feet, 1 inch. The Sacramento native is averaging 3.2 points, 2.4 rebounds and 0.6 blocks.

I wonder how Fresno State will match up against the brick wall... Alex Blair, Hector Hernandez and Nedeljko Golubovic give up lots of size, but are quicker.